Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

| ITEMS OF INTEREST.
| THE Oldest library in the world is that OF
| Kwotezo- KEN, which was established during
the Chow dynasty in China. b. G. lll2.
THE King of Belgium Is so pleased with his
new telephone he bores all the crowned heads
| of Europe, calling them up to chat with him
through it.
! A THOUSAND persons recently applied for
the position of the head porter of the Socie ely
OF Lincoln's Inn, England, although the sala-
ry is only $3.50 year.
A ST. LOUIS WOMAN who went to the
morgue to identify the dead body of a step
sister, found on the adjoining table that of
| her husband, IF IN whom she had been sepa-
rated several years.
THE latest patent is one for which young
ladies whose vocations lie behind the counter
will be truly thankful 1t is combined bus
| tie and chair-a clever union of the useful
and the ornamental.
GEORGE 8. HUBBARD and his twin sister,
| Mrs. Abner Roberts, of Middletown, cele-
| brated their 74th birthday on Monday, Marc b
| 81. led by about forty relatives. The
| twins were married on the same day forty
eight years ago.
BOX of live rats has been travelling from
one joker to another at Port Huron, Mich,
for the past few days, through the post office,
each recipient of the roden.s buy ing new
| special delivery stamp and INJECTING them
upon some one else.
THE Standard Oil Company are reported to
be about contracting for an iron vessel to
carry oil in bulk for the coastwise trade. II
VIII be built at one of the shipyards on the
Delaware river. The new craft Will have
capacity of 100000 gallons.
A CRANK from North Carolina was arrested
| In Washington recently as a vagrant. He
| stated that he had tramped to Washington to
| take the President chair if there was no OBJ
| lection. There were serious objections, SO he
was sent to the farm for thirty days.
The fog which hangs over London is esti
| mated to weigh about fifty tons of solid car
| bon and $50 tons of carbon in the form of ny
| dro-carbon and carbOnic oxide gases. Cal
| cula ed upon the cost of the coal which is
wasted. The fog costs London nearly E4,500,-
| OOO sterling per annum.
| CAPT MOORE, the Winsted, Conn.,. aero
maui is making an enormous balloon which
will hold $4,000 feet of gas and will carry
| twelve persons. The muslin used in making
| lt II lad out IN strips of the width manufac-
| tured would extend nearly a mile. The bal
| loon Will be taken to Chicago and used in part
| for making aerial observations Tor the United
| states government.
| THE Ames Sword Company. of Chcopee
| Mass. have discontinued the manufacture If
| sword blades, and will hereafter import them
|
| good blade for less money across the water
| than they can maze them for. This will praC-
| tica y end the manufacture of sword blades
| in the United States, as the only other blades
are made at the Springfield armory for gov
| ernment use.
BALLOON of colossal dlmensions and said
to be capable of being guided at will. has
| been for some time in course of construction
| in Berlin. The balloon is 500 feet IN length
| and 30 feet in diameter The total weight is
| about $4,000 pounds. the envelope and ne ting
| alone weighing 10. 600 pounds. The propelling
| machinery CO sists of two steam engines of
| tv-hOrse power each, and the entire cost is
| estimated at $4,000,
| WORKING on De Lesscps' Panama canal
| cannot be very cheerful employment. A
| visitor says that few of the laborers live in
| that climate longer than six weeks after they
arrive, and that in the rainy season ten
| funerals trains are run each day from the
| canal to the funeral ground .NotWithstand-
| ing this drawback the company obtain all
| the men they want. II that canal is ever
| completed. more human lives will have been
| sacl thced than n a frst-class war.
| UNDER date of March 2, Mr.. E. J Phelps,
American Minister to England. wrote in a
private letter from Monte Carlo: 1.-THE earth
quake did no harm here, but Mentone, five
miles distant is ruined. About one hun
| dred and fifty houses are so far destroyed
that they must be taken down, IN
|
| are injured. All visitors have fed. Little
| damage was done at Cannes, and not much at
| Nice; in some smaller places good deal with
| serious loss of life"
| "WHY do you pawnbrokers use three balls
as a trade mark" The three balls represent
| the arms of Lombardy and of the House of
! Medici In former times merchants and gold
| smiths took property In pledge, and above
| their doors they carried the ign OF the Lom-
| bard 10 indicate that they were merchants
| Gradually the use of this sign fell into lnnoc-
uous desuetude and was only kept prominent
by those people, who. b coming "a class, m ade
specially of taking goods on pledge. The
| application of the sign TO the pawnbroker
alone was slow growth.
TIE "devil hawk" of Arizona is a rare bird.
and an interesting one. He is described as
having remarkably handsome plumage. but a
very ugly head. His talons are long and
strong, and his beak is almo-t as sharp as
| needle and very powerful. This bird. but for
| his head, when on the wing would pass for
| pigeon. When seeking his prey he PLAYS
| pigeon. and flies In among them unnoticed on
| account of his similarity anu easily captures
| what he wants. He is the picture of grace
and beauty and speed. 1t is estimated that
| there are not more than dozen OF them in
! the Territory. The Mexicans are supersti-
tiOus about him, aud regard his appearance
| as an evil omen.
| PIERRE LORILLARD is called one of the best
all-round shots in New York. A shooting
gallery in Broadway much frequented by
| club men has a number Of targets framed and
| hung on tn wall which were made by Mr.
| Lorillard. Among them is one in which eight
consecutive buil's-eyes were made with a
| rifle at 100 feet, firing at the word. Targets
| equally good were made with revolver IN
| the left hand aud the right, with both revolt
yer and rifle at swinging targets. He is said
/ to be especially accurate in rapid firing. His
yacht and his library at home are decorated
! with number of trophies with the shotgun
| at pigeons and glass balls. His collection of
guns rifles and revolvers is delight to the
| eye OF sportsman.
A SPECIAL FEATURE of the jubilee exhibit
| ton at Manchester is to be collection of the
best portraits OF all the Prime Ministers who
have held Office during the Queens reign
| Lord Mount-Temple has prom sed to lend his
| fuil-length paintings of Lord Pamerston and
Lord Melbourne. which are at Rroadlands
and Lord Aberdeen will lend the Haddo Dor.
trait OF his grandfather. The Queen is to be
asked 20 lend the portrait OF Lord Beacons-
field. by Angel, which hangs in the grand
corridor at windsor Castle; and the commit
tee hope to obtain the portrait of MIR. Cad
stone by Sir John Mllais. There are excel
ent portraits OF Lord Russell, both at woburn
and at Pembroke Lodge, and there are sew
eral very good ones OF Sir Robert Peel one Of
the best being the property OF the Queen.
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